Dietary problems associated with the care of chronically sick children.

The dietary problems associated with the care of chronically sick children can 
be considered under two broad headings. First, there are the problems 
in those children for whom diet is an essential part of 
the treatment of their chronic disorder; and second there are nutritional 
complications which may occur in children with chronic diseases in which 
diet does not have a specific role in treatment, and is 
thus often neglected or considered only at a later stage of 
management. Many of the problems are of course common to both 
situations. This paper will review briefly some of the difficulties, illustrating 
these with specific examples; no attempt will be made to describe 
or discuss the treatment of any particular disorder. 